Angler group to hear local lake fishing tips
Ward Norden, a retired fisheries biologist and tackle manufacturer, is the featured speaker at the next Puget Sound Anglers-North Olympic Peninsula Chapter meeting, starting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave.
Norden has extensive knowledge of fresh water fishing opportunities in the area, and he will cover the local lakes — particularly those in eastern Jefferson County — and the pertinent regulations.
The evening begins with fish stories viewing of raffle prizes. The featured speaker presentation starts at 7 p.m., followed by a business meeting which includes a financial report, government relations report, upcoming events discussions and fishing reports from members. Also on tap: refreshments, a raffle for fishing gear and the Membership drawing (must be present to win)
The club meets the third Thursday of each month. The public is welcome.
Wagner earns PGA honors
Chad Wagner, head golf pro at Peninsula Golf Club in Port Angeles, is officially a Class A PGA member after wrapping up the PGA Professional Golf Management Program last month.
“It took me three years to get through everything, which was a little longer than I wanted, but I’m glad to be done, that’s for sure,” Wagner said last week.
Wagner thanked both general manager Bill Shea and head pro Garrett Smithson at The Cedars at Dungeness for their help in completing the PGA program.
Wagner, a 2006 Sequim High School graduate and former baseball star for the Wolves and Wilder Baseball Club who played collegiality for Lower Columbia and Hawaii Pacific University, worked his way up the ladder to serve as an assistant pro at Cedars.
Potential PGA golf professionals must complete the program’s lengthy list of core requirements within eight years.
Instruction includes courses in teaching and coaching and facilities management and completion of seminars at the PGA’s Knowledge Center in Florida. Knowledge of the Rules of Golf, the PGA Constitution and the History of the PGA also are qualifying level requirements.
Coed volleyball league on tap at college
Registration is now open for the Peninsula Volleyball League, a coed league for experienced adult volleyball players.
Play begins with an open gym at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1, and league play follows starting Nov. 8.
The league is open to players 16 and older.
Matches are played as a fundraiser for Pirate basketball at the Peninsula College gymnasium, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
Registration fee is $300 per team. To register, contact Rick Ross at Peninsula College at rross@pencol.edu.
Coed basketball league on tap in PA
The Port Angeles Parks & Recreation Department hosts an adult basketball league (men, women 18+) with the season beginning Nov. 11 and running through Feb. 28.
Cost is $700 per team. Registration deadline is Nov. 2. Players without a team can call and get on a “free agent” list.
Games are at the Roosevelt Elementary School gymnasium, 106 Monroe Road.
For more information or to register, call Dan Estes at 360-417-4557 or email to destes@cityofpa.us.
Sequim’s Shea earns spot
Bill Shea, Director of Golf and General Manager at The Cedars at Dungeness, has qualified to play in the Hagen Cup, an annual event that sees the 12 top players from PGA chapters in Western Washington and Oregon compete in a Ryder Cup style competition.
The match was played at Salish Cliffs Golf Club near Shelton Oct. 10-11.
Shea beat out more than 40 other players to qualify for the Western Washington team.
